by CoastView | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Nehalem Bay is separated from the Pacific Ocean by an along shore dune called Nehalem Spit in Nehalem Bay State Park, about 15 miles (25 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 3.8 miles (6 km) south of Manzanita, Oregon. The sandspit is part of Nehalem Bay State Park....
by CoastView | Jun 16, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Oregon, Rivers
Yachats is a small community at the mouth of the Yachats River on the central Oregon coast, about 54 miles (87 km) northwest of Eugene and 22 miles (35 km) south of Newport, Oregon. The Yachats River flows through the Coast Range for about 12 miles ((19 km) and has a...
by CoastView | Jun 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Embayments, Historical
Chickaloon Bay is located on the Kenai Peninsula, about 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Kenai and 22 miles (35 km) south and across Turnagain Arm from Anchorage, Alaska. The first Europeans to explore this upper section of Cook Inlet were Russian fur traders employed by...
by CoastView | Jun 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical
Teller is an IƱupiat village located at the base of a spit separating Port Clarence Bay from Grantley Harbor, about 59 miles (95 km) northwest of Nome and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Brevig Mission, Alaska. The present village of Teller is on the southern shore of...
by CoastView | Jun 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Nuchek is the site of a historical village and Russian trading post on Constantine Harbor at Port Etches on Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound, about 56 miles (90 km) south-southwest of Valdez and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The village was...
by CoastView | Jun 5, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Rivers
North Bend is one of several communities on Coos Bay, an estuary on the southern Oregon coast, about 22 miles (35 km) south of Reedsport and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Coos Bay, Oregon. Coos Bay is the largest estuary that lies entirely within Oregon with...
